BIOLOGY 205 -- Dendrology Jump to Topical Syllabus
BIOLOGY 205 -- Dendrology Instructor:
Roger
D.
Meicenheimer
Office:
358
PSN
Phone
#: 529-7012
Office Hours: M, W 11:00
-
12:00, or by appointment
Email:
meicenrd@muohio.edu
Internet Home Page: http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~meicenrd
Biographical Information:
Native of eastern
Oregon
BA (1975) -
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia,
PA
MS (1978) -
Washington State University,
Pullman, WA
Ph.D. (1980)
- Washington State University,
Pullman, WA
Postdoctoral
Position (1980) - North
Central
Forest Experiment Station, Rhinelander, WI
Assistant
Professor (1981); Associate Professor (1987); Professor (1992) -
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Professor Emeritus (2013)
Research Interests:
Developmental
Plant Morphology and Plant Anatomy.
Emphasis on
pattern formation in stem, leaf, and vascular components of the
plant.
Expert
System
Development.
BIO 205 Objectives:
1. To provide the student with an intensive and broad experience with respect to knowledge of trees for majors in botany and other biological sciences. This experience will include identification and distribution of native and introduced trees, their biological characteristics, and identification and utilization of their woods.
BIO 205 Prerequisite:
1. Four semester hours of biological science or permission of instructor.
BIO 205 Grade Information:
Final Grade based on Mean %
Performance
in Class =
[Lecture Hour Exam (100 pts) + Lab
Midterm (100 pts) + Lecture Final (100 pts) + Laboratory Final (100 pts) +
(Laboratory Quizzes)/8 (100
pts) + Homework (100 pts) ]
/
6 (600 pts) .
Meeting Times:
Lectures
MW 1:00
- 1:55 306 PSN
Laboratories MW 2:05 - 4:00 306 PSN and
MU
Campus
Textbooks:
1A.
Hardin, J. W. ; J. W. Harding; F. M. White. 2001. Ninth
Edition.
Textbook
of
Dendrology. McGraw-Hill, Inc., N.Y., N.Y.
AND/OR
1B. Miami
University
Dendrology
Expert System CD-ROM. 2013.
2. Thomas, P. 2014. Trees: Their Natural History. Cambridge Univ. Press. N.Y., N.Y.
3. Selected articles provided in pdf format.
WEB SITES OF INTEREST TO
THIS
CLASS
Oxford Tree Map Homework Projects
20 August 2014